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What is the term used to refer to a circle of active volcanoes around the pacific ocean?
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What is a chain of fire active volcanoes forming a circle?
it's Pacific. :) hope i helped! :bd
Ring of fire facts?
The Ring of Fire is a circle of volcanoes that rings the Pacific Ocean. The volcanoes are particularly active and earthquakes are a common malady.
What is the circle located in and around the Pacific Coast where scientists think most volcanoes and earthquakes are located?
The ring of fire
What does the ring of fir refer to?
The ring of fire refers to the circle of volcanoes along the coasts around the pacific ocean.
What is a circle of fiery volcanoes that surround the pacific ocean in a circle of death?
Ring of Fire.
Describe the pacific ring of fire in the formation of volcanoes?
They are located in a shape of a circle. This is because the Pacific Plate is circular (the Pacific Ocean is on it) and volcanoes form at plate boundaries. It is also called the Pacific Ring of Fire. However, the Pacific Ring of Fire is not entirely circular as it extends into the Philippines too.
The ring of fire surrounds which ocean?
The area encircling the Pacific Ocean is called the "Ring of Fire," because its edges mark a circle of high volcanic and seismic activity (earthquakes). Most of the active volcanoes on Earth are located on this circumference. On the periphery of the Pacific Ocean, the edge of the Pacific Continental Plate is expanding in the seabed, and is hitting the North American Plate, the Nazca Plate, the Eurasian Plate, and other plates, causing the margins of the plates to collide, buckle, and compress, causing earthquakes and volcanoes.
Why do they call it the ring of fire when its not a ring?
It is a whole area of volcanoes that form a "ring" around the Pacific Ocean. It doesnt form a sort of circle but they still call it a ring. Hope this helped :)
What does merapi mean in English?
Merapi means Mountain of fire or Fire mountain. Mount Merapi is placed in Indonesia and is apart of the ring of fire which is a circle of active volcanoes around south-east Asia.
Is the ring of fire a major belt of fire?
The 'Ring of Fire' is actually the edge of the Pacific Plate. It is called the 'Ring of Fire' because it is a ring lined with lots and lots of volcanoes. If what you mean by belt is a mostly straight line, then no, it is a deformed and distorted ring, with many volcanoes out of line, but shaped like a strange circle. The 'Ring of Fire' is not a belt of fire at all. The fire is supposed to be lava! The fire comes from the volcanoes... as you may know! In shorter words, it is a circle of volcanoes that line the Pacific Plate.
What is the title for the circle of volcanoes around pacific ocean?
I think it is called The Ring of Fire! I might be wrong bit that is what i think it is. :-/
What is the circle of volcanic mountain around the pacific ocean?
It is known as 'The Ring of Fire' sometimes called the circum-Pacific belt.
